“In real life, I tend to yell at people a lot. Not because I'm bossy or mean, but because I'm frustrated.” PeopleMeanRealReal LifeFrustratedBossy Author:Jen Lancaster
“But the real life of a writer resides in showing up at the keyboard every day, with the necessary patience and mercy, and making the best decisions you can on behalf of your people. It’s a slow process. It often feels hopeless, more like an affliction than an art form. Most of us will have to find our readers one by one, in other words, and against considerable resistance. If anything qualifies us as heroic, it’s that private perpetual struggle. Put down the magazine, soldier. Forget about the other guy. Remember who you are.” PeopleIfsFeelsWritingArtRealRememberFormGuyProcessDecisionForgetStruggleReaderMercyWho You AreSoldierReal LifeResistanceMagazinesHopelessHeroicPerpetualAfflictionBehalfOther GuysKeyboardsShowing UpRemember Who You Are Author:Steve Almond
“How on earth could that be done? If you try to laugh and say 'No' at the same time, it sounds like neighing - yet people are perpetually doing it in novels. If they did it in real life they would be locked up.” PeopleIfsWritingTryingRealDoneWould BeEarthSoundNovelLaughingReal LifeLockedLocked Up Author:Hilaire Belloc
“People in real life cuss God out when they're angry. That's all real.” PeopleRealAngryReal Life Author:Amber Tamblyn
“What makes 'The Wire' a beautiful story is how true to life it is. In other shows, you have a good guy and a bad guy. In 'The Wire,' bad guys are trying to be good, good guys are doing bad. You have real life. The people who do bad get bad things done to them.” PeopleTryingRealDoneStoriesShowsBeautifulGuyBe GoodReal LifeBad ThingsBad GuysWireThings DoneGood GuyTrue Life Author:Tristan Wilds
“I like documentaries because there's nothing to nitpick or criticize about scenes if they aren't just right. It's about honesty and real-life circumstances coming out. Granted it can be swayed by how people tell that story, but overall, I like it because it is true.” PeopleIfsRealStoriesHonestyCircumstancesSceneReal LifeGrantedCriticizeComing OutDocumentaries Author:Steven Yeun